February 18, 2008, 10:44PM

The timeline for the Eisenhower Elementary School/Grace Milliman Pollock Performing Arts Center construction project has been extended, architect Paul Taylor told the Camp Hill School Board Monday night. "The bottom line is we lost about a month" because the Camp Hill Zoning Hearing Board's approval of the plan took four meetings, said Taylor, of Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates. He estimated... Full story »

February 18, 2008, 1:40PM

With a deadline looming for completion of their robot, students at Harrisburg's Sci-Tech High School were working today to complete their task. By tomorrow, teams from Sci-Tech, Palmyra and Dauphin County Technical School must complete robots that can move along a track and pick up or knock down 40-inch balls from a rack 6.5 feet high. The robots will... Full story »

February 14, 2008, 1:35PM

Administrators at Susquehanna Twp. School District issued an alert this morning after they heard a rumor that a high school student had a weapon on the school grounds. The school immediately went into lockdown, and police were called, Superintendent David Volkman said. Full story »

February 14, 2008, 1:15PM

FALLSINGTON -- The Pennsbury School District in Bucks County has pulled five buses from service because of another out-of-control school bus incident. Officials say a bus picking up students from Newtown Friends School unexpectedly accelerated on Monday afternoon with the driver and a dozen students on board. Full story »

February 14, 2008, 9:07AM

NEW HOLLAND -- From her perch on a stuffed crocodile in the children's department, she says "happy" with her hands by sweeping her fingers across her chest. Cynthia Shultz, a certified Sign2Me presenter, also shows the story time participants how to clap without their hands touching -- instead raising and waving them overhead. Throughout the Library System of Lancaster County... Full story »

February 14, 2008, 8:54AM

READING -- A study shows that lovers' kisses on Valentine's Day, or any day, mean different things to different people. In particular, an assistant psychology professor at Albright College in Reading says the desires of the men and the women doing the kissing could be worlds apart. Susan Hughes is co-author of a study on the subject with researchers at... Full story »

February 14, 2008, 8:50AM

INDIANA, Pa. -- Indiana Borough's $14 million downtown revitalization is set to begin in June. The project will include historic-style street lights, decorative paving on sidewalks and crosswalks and underground conduits to hide utility wires that otherwise would be hung overhead. The borough is home to Indiana University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 state-owned universities, and features a museum honoring... Full story »

February 13, 2008, 2:09PM

PHILADELPHIA -- A former University of Pennsylvania professor has been sentenced to 3½ to 7 years in prison on sex assault charges. Before his sentencing, Tracy McIntosh asked to change his December 2004 no-contest plea and to face a trial. Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe denied his request. Full story »

February 13, 2008, 11:00AM

Harrisburg native Kenneth Mack, a Harvard Law School professor and a historian of the civil rights movement and African-American lawyers, speaks at 5 p.m. Thursday at the State Museum. His topic is Harrisburg attorney W. Justin Carter, a founding member of the Niagara Movement, which opposed racial segregation and helped pave the way for the formation of the NAACP.... Full story »

February 13, 2008, 8:32AM

PHILADELPHIA -- The globe-trotting priest from Connecticut drove a Jaguar, shopped at Bergdorf Goodman and bought jewelry from Cartier, all of it with money stolen from his church's coffers. By the time the parish finance council caught on, he had embezzled $1.3 million. Many U.S. churches have been victims of embezzlement over the years, reflecting not just moral weakness on... Full story »

February 12, 2008, 2:59PM

Harrisburg High's John Harris campus was expected to reopen Thursday to all students after being hampered this week by heating problems. Superintendent Gerald Kohn said today that the 1,500-student high school was forced to partially close this week after suffering the loss of about 40 classroom heating units in the 130-classroom school. Full story »